Question Bank TYBA History Paper 4 1
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1 Question Bank TYBA History Paper 4 1. Who led Mughal armies against Ahmadnagar during the period of ShahJahan a. Alam Shah c. Nasarth Shah d. Mahabat Khan b. Jai Singh 2. Who were the officers incharge of municipal and police duties in big town during the Mughal period c. Kotwal b. Vishayapatis d. Amins a. Chaudaris 3. Who defeated Medini Roy in Chanderi battle? b. Babur d. Aurangzeb a. Akbar c. Mubarak Shah 4. Which Fort ceded by Shivaji to the Mughals by the terms of the Treaty of Purandar (1665 AD) could not be won back by Shivaji? a. Purandhar d. Lohagadh c. Shivneri b. Mahuli 5. The term Khalisa in Mughal administration signified the c. Religious land grants d. Land from where revenue was collected for the Imperial Treasury a. Entire Imperial Establishment b. Land owned by the Emperor himself 6. ______________ was known for the excellent library he established in Delhi. b. Humayun a. Babar d. Aurangzeb c. Shershah 2 7. The first military expedition of Jahangir's reign was against — d. Ahmednagar a. Kangra c. Mewar b. Bengal 8. Zabti or Bandobast system was introduced by which of the following? a. Babur b. Humayun d. Shahjahan c. Akbar 9. Who amongst the following Sikh Gurus was tortured to death by Jahangir on a charge of treason? d. Guru Govind Singh b. Guru Har Gobind a. Guru Amar Das c. Guru Arjun Dev 10. The meeting of Shivaji and Afzalkhan took place at the foothill of the fort of a. Pratapgarh c. Rajgarh d. Panhala b. Raigad 11. In the Cavalry of Shivaji, a Jumladar commanded ----------------- c. 15 Havaldars a. 9 Havaldars b. 10 Havaldars d. 5 Havaldars 12. At which of the following battles was Humayun defeated by Sher Shah Suri? a. Battle of Chausa b. Battle of Khanwa c. First Battle of Panipat d. Battle of Thanesar 13. Name the place which was described as ‘Shiraz of India’ during the Mughal rule in India. c. Agra a. Delhi d. Banaras 3 b. Jaunpur 14. The Maratha Chief, Sambhaji, was executed during the reign of –---------- a. Mahbat Khan c. Jahangir d. Shah Jahan b. Aurangazeb 15. Who was the Mughal emperor stopped the use of kalma on the coins? c. Jahangir d. Akbar b. Aurangazeb a. Babar 16. Who was the founder of Maratha dynasty? d. Balaji Vishwanath c. Rajaram b. Chatrapati Shivaji a. Chatrapati Shahu 17. In Mansabdari system the Commander-in-Chief of the Army was ----------- c. Dah Hazari b. Emperor d. Prince a. Mansabdar 18. Who was the head of the military department of Akbar’s reign? a. Mir Bakshi b. Diwan c. Amir Khasru d. Surdas 19. Under the Mughals one of the main imports was? b. Cotton d. Raw Silk c. Opium a. Pepper 20. Who was the ruler of Gujarat at the time of Babur’s invasion to India? c. Bahadur Shah b. Nusrat Shah d. Muzaffar Shah II a. Alauddin Hussein Shah 4 21. Who among the following Maratha officers looked after the revenue department? a. Amatya d. Sachiv b. Sumanta c. Peshwa 22. Which port of Gujarat was known as the Gate of Makka (Babul Makka) in Mughal times? d. Gandhar a. Cambay c. Surat b. Gogha 23. Who among the following Maratha women led struggles against of Mughal Empire from 1700 AD onwards? b. Mukta Bai a. Ahlaya Bai d. Rukmani Bai c. Tara Bai 24. Who introduced Mansabdari system in 1571? a. Babar b. Akbar c. Humayun d. Sher Shah 25. Akbar's buildings at Fatehpur Sikri are famous for -------------- b. Synthesis of trabeate and arcuate styles a. Construction of the first bulbous dome in India d. The use of marble on an extensive scale c. Frequent employment of pietra dura 26. The Mughal style of architecture is also called ___________. a. Persian c. Indo Saracenic b. Arabic d. Turkish 27. What was the Mughal Army Minister called? a. Diwan b. Sadr c. Mir Baksh 5 d. Shiqdar 28. Akbar’s new religion was called ____________. d. Ibadat Khana c. Padshanama b. Din-i-Ilahi a. Sul-i-Kul 29. What was the department of intelligence called? b. Darogha – i- Dak Chauki d. Karkhana a. Diwan-i-Qazirat c. Diwan – I – Ariz 30. The Red Fort was built by ____________. d. Aurangzeb c. Shahajahan b. Akbar a. Babar 31. Akbar’s Land Revenue System was also called ____________ d. Birbal’s Bandobast b. Bairam Khan’s Bandobast a. Todarmal’s Bandobast c. Abul Fazal’s Bandobast 32. Shivaji began his phase as a conqueror by capturing which fort in 1646 b. Golconda c. Torana d. Lohagad a. Bijapur 33. Akbar fought the Battle of Haldighat with b. Rana Kumbha a. Rana Sanga d. Rana Pratap c. Raja Man Singh 34. Shahjahan built the Taj Mahal as a mosoleum for his wife ____________. d. Mumtaz a. Noor Jahan c. Hamida Begum b. Mariam uz Zamani 6 35. The Mughal emperor______introduced the Mansabdari system. D. Akbar A. Babur C. Aurangzeb B. Humayun 36. Prince Khurram was given the Title of______ a. Sher Khan b. Sher Afghan c. Shah Jahan d. Kavi Rai 37. Which section of the army was given the credit of victory at Panipat by Babur? b. Infantry d. Elephantry c. Experts in Bow and arrow a. Artillery 38. Name the ruler of Gujarat who was defeated by Akbar in 1572? a. Mohammad Shah Option 4 b. Babur c. Muzaffar Shah III d. Sher Shah 39. The Emperor dispensed justice in the ______________ b. Diwan-i-Qazirat a. Diwan-i-Khas d. Diwan-i-Ariz c. Diwan-i-Wazir 40. The ______________maintained law and order in the Pargana b. Sadr c. Provincial qazi d. Muhtasib a. Faujdar 41. The first revolt of Shah Jahan’s reign was that of c. Bikramajit d. Champak Rai b. Bhim Narain a. Jujhar Singh 7 42. The strategically important fort of Javali was a principality under which Maratha family d. Patil a. More b. Bhosale c. Jadhav 43. Which of the following introduced a new mode of warfare that led to the popularization of gun powder, cavalry, and artillery in India? b. Babur a. Akbar c. Sher Shah Suri d. Humayun 44. Under which treaty was Sambhaji, son of Shivaji was granted the rank of 5000 a. Treaty of Purandar c. Treaty of Bassein d. Treaty of Panhala b. Treaty of Rajgadh 45. The battle between Babur and Rana Sanga was fought at______ d. Jaunpur c. Khanwa b. Chunar a. Panipat 46. For the crime against state like rebellion, non-payment of revenue, the punishment was left to the____________ d. Emperor a. Diwan b. Chief Qazi c. Kotwal 47. Battle of Chausa took place in which year? d. 1539 A.D. a. 1530 A.D. b. 1533 A.D. c. 1536 A.D. 48. Sambhaji was imprisoned at which place for moral laxity by Shivaji in 1679 a. Purandar d. Vishalgad c. Raigad 8 b. Panhala 49. Which of the following built the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikri in order to commemorate the victory over Gujarat? c. Shahjahan a. Humayun b. Akbar d. Aurangzeb 50. Babur was originally the ruler was a. Kabul d. Kandahar b. Persia c. Farghana 51. The Mughal King _______________ was the greatest patron of portrait painting. b. Akbar c. Jehangir a. Humayun d. Shahjahan 52. Sher Shah Sur was succeeded by c. Alam Shah b. Islam Shah a. Sikander Shah d. Hasan Shah 53. The Sikh guru ______________ was put to death by Aurangzeb. a. Gobind Singh b. Tegh Bahadur c. Guru Nanak d. Guru Har Gobind 54. Which of the following were appointed to ensure the general observance of the rules of morality during the rule of the Mughal Empire? c. Muhtasibs d. Wazir b. Wakil a. Mir Bakshi 55. Which religious center of Maharashtra was desecrated by Afzalkhan on the way to Wai to subdue Shivaji c. Bhavani temple at Tuljapur a. Khanderao temple at Jejuri b. Shani temple at Shanishingnapur 9 d. Mahalaxmi temple at Kolhapur 56. The minister in charge of artillery was the _____________ d. Qazi c. Mir Atish a. Mir Baksh b. Sadr 57. The author of the book ‘Rise of the Maratha Power’ is b. Justice Ranade a. Gopal Krishna Gokhale d. Dadabhai Naoroji c. V D Savarkar 58. The _______________sometimes acted as the deputy of the king a. Vakil b. Qazi c. Muhtasib d. Diwan 59. When Akbar invaded the kingdom of Gondwana, Chandela Queen _______ ruled over it. D. Rani Durgavati C. Rani Lakshmi bai a. Rani Padmavati B. Rani Tarabai 60. ______________ refers to Akbar’s policy of Universal tolerance. b. Sul I Kulh a. Din-i-Ilahi c. Ibadat Khana d. Pietra Dura 61. What was the title Shivaji acquired by his coronation on 6th June 1674 a. Badshah c. Raja d. Chhatrapati b. Sultan 62. Which among the following was not a condition put forward to Sambhaji by Aurangzeb c. Disclose all his hidden treasures a. Surrender all the forts to the Mughals d. Inform the names of Mughal Officers who helped him b. Help Aurangzeb in defeating the Sikhs 63. Name the ruler of Gujarat who was defeated by Akbar in 1572? b. Babur 10 a. Mohammad Shah c. Muzaffar Shah III d. Sher Shah 64. The _______ rank was the personal rank of the mansabdar. D. Zat A. Sawar B. Ahadi C. Dakhil 65. Who was appointed as the manager of Kalyan district after its capture by Shivaji in 1658 d. Yesaji Kank c. Baji Prabhu Deshpande a. Tanaji Malusare b. Abaji Sondev 66. The Qazis were helped by the ________who expounded the Law.